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St. Vincent head coach Mick Janosko won his 300th
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LATROBE (April 30) - Saint Vincent head baseball coach Mick
Janosko earned his 300th career win in an 8-6 game-one
win, and the Bearcats exploded for 16 hits in the nightcap to post
a 12-5 win in Presidents' Athletic Conference action over Grove
City at Bearcat Ballfield.
The sweep puts the Bearcats at 14-7 in the PAC this season with
three league games remaining this weekend against Thiel. SVC also
improves to 18-15 on the year, while Grove City drops to 5-20 on
the year and 4-15 in the league.
In the first game, SVC overcame a 6-3 deficit with five runs in
the bottom of the fifth inning. Nick
Beamenderfer led off with a single through the left side
and went to second when Brad
Burkardt walked. Grant
Krally delivered a single up the middle that scored
Beamenderfer and Andrew
Kozusko then recorded a one-out single through the right
side, 6-5. After a wild pitch moved the runners to second and
third, Nolan
Russell connected for a two-out, two-run single to center
field and advanced on a fielding error by the center fielder.
Vince
Murphy capped the scoring with a double to left center to
bring home Russell.
Alex
Kozusko improved to 3-2 on the year with 2.2 innings of
one-hit relief. He struck out two and walked none in relief of
starter Jared
Haller who earned a no-decision after yielding 11 hits
and six runs (five earned) in 4.1 innings.
AJ
Kavinsky, Beamenderfer and Burkardt each posted two hits,
with Krally and Russell driving in two runs apiece.
In the second game, Grove City struck first with two runs off of
starter Michael
Patsch. The Bearcats answered with two runs in the bottom
of the inning on a two-run homer to center by Beamenderfer that
scored Kavinsky, who doubled to lead off, 2-2.
After the Wolverines plated three runs in the top of the second,
SVC re-took the lead for good with a four spot (all with two outs)
in the bottom of the third inning.
Beamenderfer and Burkardt singled to lead off and Grove City
retired the next two Bearcats. Krally then doubled off the middle
of the fence in left-center to score both runners and went to third
on a throwing error on the relay. Jordan
Britcher singled up the middle to score Krally and
Russell singled through the right side, putting runners on the
corners. Murphy capped off the rally and gave SVC the lead back
with an RBI single through the right side, 6-5.
SVC plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on a
two-run homer to left-center by Burkardt, the all-time hits leaders
200th career hit, 8-5.
In the fifth inning, SVC added on four insurance runs as Britcher,
Russell and Murphy all reached to load the bases before
pinch-hitter Matt
Loftis walked to bring home Britcher. Beamenderfer
recorded a sacrifice fly to score Russell and with two outs,
Andrew
Kozusko notched a two-run single to right center,
12-5.
The Bearcats used five different pitchers in the win, with Chris
Storm picking up his third win of the year in relief. He
went 2.1 innings with two hits and one walk allowed. John
Malone, Eric
Reitz and Eamon
Kelly all threw relief with Reitz and Kelly combining to
allow just two hits in 3.0 innings.
Beamenderfer went 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI to go
along with his home run and sacrifice fly. Burkardt and Andrew
Kozusko went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Murphy finished
3-for-3 and Russell went 2-for-3.
SVC concludes the regular season with a three-game series against
Thiel this weekend. The two teams make up half of the PAC
Tournament field and will be playing for playoff seedings. The
series kicks off with a single nine-inning game on Friday, May 3 at
3 p.m. at Bearcat Ballfield.